For our final morning in the Concepcion area we birded a patch of forest just north of the national park. On paper the satellite the site looked interesting, but in reality the birding was quite slow, with limited activity and mostly common species on offer. The best birds we were able to find were a Fuscous Flycatcher and our first Falvescent Warbler of the trip.
We returned mid-morning to our hotel, since
at around midday we would meet with our guide and the team for the next few
days, where we would travel north to the Estancia Arrecife, a site home to the
last Hyacinth Macaws in all of Paraguay. At 13:00 we met up and then drove the
four hours north. The first stretch of the road was all on the highway, with
the last 50 kilometres passing along a dirt road of excellent condition that
went through some incredible looking forest habitat.
It was a shame that it was not possible to
bird along the road, but even in passing we had some nice sightings with our
first White-eared Puffbird and Black-throated Saltator of the trip. The
undoubted highlight however was a pair of Nine-banded Armadillos that were
fighting in the middle of the road, before one took refuge under our car!
Once we arrived at the Estancia we had to
change a tyre on the other teams car, but we had some light to do a little
birding. We added Red-legged Seriema to our trip list, and had excellent views
of Nanday Parakeets sat on the roadside fences. The amount of cattle was quite
staggering, but the rare birds here continue in the expanses of forest that
infringe onto the land.
Tomorrow we
will begin our exploration of the area.
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